Over the past decade, the one thing fans could always count on with Everton was a second half charge up the table. Christmas would always come and go with the Toffees close to the bottom of the table, but fans were secure in the knowledge that the squad would drop very few games as the season came to a close.

Roberto Mancini has poked fun at Arsene Wenger, saying he is different to the Arsenal manager because he ‘wants to win’. Responding to disparaging comments on his managerial style, which has been identified by some players to be overly critical, Mancini used Wenger’s struggling Gunners as an example of what Manchester City should not become. […]

Oscar-winning animator Bob Godfrey, best known for cartoons Roobarb and Henry’s Cat, has died aged 91. Godfrey won an Academy Award for his short film Great which depicted the life of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but is best known for his work on TV. In a career spanning 50 years he created much-loved cartoon Roobarb, […]

It’s safe to say now the Rafael Benitez – Fernando Torres experiment at Chelsea has been a resounding failure. Benitez was brought into Stamford Bridge in November partly in the hope the former Liverpool boss would get Torres firing again.

Slayer have ditched founding member Dave Lombardo following a contract dispute that arose ahead of their Australian tour. Posting on Facebook, Lombardo said he was ‘shocked’ and ‘saddened’ by the decision to replace him for the Australian tour, which begins tomorrow (February 23) and will now feature just two original Slayer members. Explaining the situation […]

The Tipster looks at Argo, Lincoln, Life of Pi and other nominees’ odds at this year’s Oscars. Controversy, backlash and intrigue – you could almost make a blockbuster move out of this year’s Academy Awards. Nailing down who will be the big winners at the 85th Oscars is as difficult as selecting the winner at […]

The government’s insistence the microchip is a perfect canine cure-all has so many flaws I’m surprised and shocked things have got this far – the biggest flaw is that without a huge investment in community policing it’s effectively going to become a non-enforceable pointless policy.

Most people think London Fashion Week is impossibly glamorous. When asked to cover some of the shows for Metro last week, I thought so too. In truth, London Fashion Week is 10% glitz and glamour to 90% sore feet, endless queues full of passive aggressive women and nervous exhaustion.

Listening to the Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair’s ruling was a drawn out process with tweets indicating that Oscar Pistorius could have taken a flight around the world and arrive back in time to hear the verdict.

Rap game philosopher Drake has brought mortality vocodering back into the spotlight over the past year, expanding on the work of the likes of Kierkegaard and Heidegger with the highly insightful and not at all overused abbreviation YOLO (You Only Live Once). The UK has really taken it to heart, suddenly awaking to the realisation that […]

Despite, at the end of last, year claiming (albeit improbably) that the Eurozone would return to growth this year the European Commission has finally been forced to face reality and has announced that much vaunted Eurozone return to growth will not occur until next year.

A year ago this weekend Liverpool collected their first major silverware for six years, seeing off Cardiff in the League Cup Final on their first visit to the new Wembley Stadium. Kenny Dalglish's side went on to enjoy another victory at Wembley, over Merseyside rivals Everton in the FA Cup semi-final, before defeat to Chelsea in the final.